The Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal and cross-appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, granting the petitions of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Hamilton, and of the Clyde Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Saginaw, for a limitation of their liability for damages arising out of a collision between said vessels in a dense fog. as a…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal and cross-appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, granting the petitions of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Hamilton, and of the Clyde Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Saginaw, for a limitation of their liability for damages arising out of a collision between said vessels in a dense fog. as a result of which the Saginaw sank, causing loss of life, injury to persons and damage to cargo. The District Court held both…
1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The three opinions, which have already been delivered in the course of this litigation,' so fully and clearly state the facts and the law that little can be said by this court which is not a repetition of what appears in the Reports.
In International Nav. Co. v. Dindstrom, 123 Fed. 475, 60 C. C. A. 649, this court decided that the sovereignty of a state extends to the vessels of the state upon the high seas, and if the law of the state permits a recovery for damages occasioned by a tortious act the law is as applicable to said vessels on the high seas as when…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The "Atlas."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The "Juniata."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by17 opinions
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Deupree v. LevinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Petition of Gulf Oil CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- Crosby Transp. Co. v. SautterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- Hamilton v. North Pac. S. S. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
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